Credit: Stuart Cahill

BALTIMORE -- With five days to go until the trade deadline, the Red Sox have filled their need for a bat against lefty pitching in Steve Pearce and added another starter who could potentially pitch out of the bullpen later this year in Nathan Eovaldi.

What’s next?

“If you said this is all, we already got Steve Pearce and we made this deal (with Eovaldi), I would feel comfortable,” president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski said Wednesday. “I can’t say we’re done for sure. We’ll just wait to see what happens.”

The Red Sox have the best record in baseball with the best offense in baseball and one of, if not the best starting pitchers (Chris Sale) and closers (Craig Kimbrel).

If there’s anything left to add, perhaps they can find an insurance bat to play second base, or yet another pitcher for the 'pen.

“Our scouts are supposed to come into town Thursday and Friday and be available,” Dombrowski said. Trading for Eovaldi was “a big need for us. It gives us an extra arm that we really like. As we talk about it internally sometimes you end up in a spot where you get somebody, who are you going to take off your roster? So you need to create spots too. I’m pretty happy with the roster we have now.

“But again it’s not that you can’t get stronger. You can always get stronger at this point in the year.”

Their most pressing needs are in the bullpen or at second, where they rank 26th in the majors with negative-0.3 wins above replacement, according to Fan Graphs, while compiling a 24th-ranked .661 OPS.

Eduardo Nunez and Brock Holt have been splitting time at second, and it remains uncertain if Dustin Pedroia will play again this year.

“We’re content with it, sure,” Dombrowski said. “Again, I don’t mean to sound like a broken record, every club always has an area that can be addressed next, wherever that may be. We’re content where we are. It doesn’t mean we won’t end up doing something else. But if you told me we went forward with this club, I think we would be very happy​.”

It’s also possible the Sox could find a more useful player off the bench than Blake Swihart, who is currently catching twice a week but wasn’t playing much at all before Christian Vazquez suffered a broken pinky. Vazquez is out at least another month.

Manager Alex Cora was asked if he thought the Sox bench could get any better.

“No, I mean we’re good,” Cora said. “One thing about this whole trading deadline, you’re always looking. And it changes on a daily basis. There were teams that three days ago were buyers that today probably feel they’re going to trade a few guys.

“There’s always August. There are some good players that are going to be available and if Dave feels we can get better or we need something else, it’s up to him.”

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Three-time All-Star Brandon Phillips was supposed to add another option at second base, but he’s been slow to get going since signing a minor league contract on June 27. He’s hit .250 with a .663 OPS in 13 minor league games with the Sox.

“Yesterday he scratched himself, he had something in his chest,” Dombrowski said. “It’s nothing of a major consequence.”

Can they count on him as an option?

“We were, and we are still, but he hasn’t been able to play nine inning games at this point,” Dombrowski said. “That’s why we signed him. His conditioning was good He showed us a lot of good things. He unfortunately hasn’t been in a position to build himself up. Just dealing with minor health issues that we just haven’t been able to play him on a regular basis. But we’re still hopeful that could happen.”

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Looking to the bullpen, Matt Barnes has emerged as a shutdown relief option in front of Kimbrel, but there are questions otherwise.

Heath Hembree, Brandon Workman and Ryan Brasier have proved to be efficient arms to help in the middle innings, but former setup man Joe Kelly has been in a two-month slump and has seen his role drastically reduced.

“He’s struggling,” Dombrowski said. “Our guys have identified some things they want to work with him on. But it’s important to get him back going for us. He’s an important part of our bullpen.”

Cora said Brasier could start to see an expanded role in the late innings. And Eovaldi or a different starter could always try pitching out of the bullpen later this year if the Sox aren’t able to add another reliever.